http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-and-jane-sanders-under-fbi-investigation-for-bank-fraud-hire-lawyers/
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and his wife, Jane Sanders have hired prominent defense attorneys, amid an FBI investigation into a loan Jane Sanders obtained to expand Burlington College while she was its president, CBS News confirms.
Politico Magazine first reported the Sanders had hired lawyers to defend them in the probe. Sanders top adviser Jeff Weaver told CBS News the couple has sought legal protection over federal agents' allegations from a January 2016 complaint accusing then-President of Burlington College, Ms. Sanders, of distorting donor levels in a 2010 loan application for $10 million from People's United Bank to purchase 33 acres of land for the institution.
According to Politico, prosecutors might also be looking into allegations that Sen. Sanders' office inappropriately urged the bank to approve the loan.
Burlington attorney and Sanders supporter Rich Cassidy has reportedly been hired to represent Sen. Sanders. And high-profile Washington defense attorney Larry Robbins, who counseled Libby "Scooter" Robbins, former Chief of Staff for the Vice President, is protecting Jane Sanders.
Ms. Sanders' push for the liberal arts college's costly land acquisition was cited in a press release by the college when it shut down in 2016.
Brady Toensing of Burlington, the man responsible for the claims filed to the U.S. attorney for Vermont, was a chairman for the Trump campaign in his state.
"I filed a request for an investigation in January 2016 and an investigation appears to have been started right away," he said in an email to CBS News. "It was started under President Obama, his Attorney General, and his U.S. Attorney, all of whom are Democrats."
"My only hope is for a fair, impartial, and thorough investigation," Toensing added.
Weaver told CBS News that Toensing's claim that Sen. Sanders used his influence to lobby for the loan is a "political charge" that is "baseless" and "false."
And as for the claim that Ms. Sanders manipulated the loan application, Weaver said, "The loan was approved by the financial board at the college."
Sen. Sanders, formerly mayor of Burlington, Vermont's largest city and capital, regards the claims as a political game levied against him after his run for president in the 2016 primary election, a platform which has transformed the small-state senator into an influential voice in American liberal politics.
>>151689
I'm posting this to vent, and hopefully prevent someone who enjoys this kind of story from posting first. The right wing is going to eat this shit up, and I dread it. Fuck.
>>151692
Thats a shame because Ive been tirelessly searching for some dirt on Bernie. Now Ill never get to break the big scoop :(
>>151692
Stop letting other people get you downdork.
>>151694
This got me down.
>>151700
Stop being so sensitive to criticism from random strangers on the internet,I'm sure you are a very nice person in real life.
>>151689
Bernie Sandals, typical leftist schmuck preaching socialism on one hand and stealing scheckles from your back pocket with he other
>>151706
Rather a lair that has a record of promoting social programs than a lair with no experience and brand built on scams
>>151712
>lair
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lair
the resting or living place of a wild animal : den tracked the bear back to its lair
>>151712
"I'd rather someone tell me I can have free stuff even if it's impossible and he's a crook than someone who's actually competant"
Kek smiles upon those who trust In Trump, shadilay
>>151718
>I'm going to build a big, beautiful wall
>and Mexico will pay for it!
Yep, sounds like free stuff that's impossible.
>>151726
Don't you mean solar wall?
>>151692
Lol
>>151718
>Trump
>competent
You sound as delusional as a tweeky coke addict who thinks his drug allows the aliens to speak to him.
>Hillary under investigation
>Bernie under investigation
>Trump under investigation
Really makes the neurons fire
>>151718
>PRAISE PAPI! SHABADOOBIE!
Fuck off with this gay kekastani shit. Not even /pol/ wants your faggotry
>>151745
>Trump is competant
You sound like a twitchy insane coke addict who talks to aliens reeeeeeeee
>>151733
I know Trump doesn't believe in science, but has he noticed nobody builds vertical solar panels? Does he realize why that would be as big a waste a money as, say, building a wall with ladders built into the sides?
>>151778
>Noone builds vertical solar panels
>People put solar panels on their house roof all the time
>>151780
Anon...
>>151692
If it's all true I'll be annoyed because it would mean even the Bernie option would have been corrupt and the American people had no real good options at all.
>>151782
This is the best case scenario, I dont know why this recent delusion that politicians are somehow genuine has lasted so long post election. They are corrupt humans who have the arrogance to think they are somehow suited to tell everyone what's best for them. It is a position that attracts snakes and repels actual good leaders who possess shame, humility, and any sliver of honesty.
>>151782
If they've made it far enough to be a viable option for office it's a safe bet they're not pure as the driven snow; c'mon anon this is day 1 shit
>>151781
Not that anon, but depending on the geographic region some houses have roofs at insane angles anywhere from 60 to 80 degrees. It's not straight-up vertical but that said it's also not unreasonable to have solar panels on the wall at a similarly sharp angle. Not optimal but not useless either.
>>151689
more evidence that Sanders and the socialists and their student loan ridden fanbase have a very poor understanding of the United States' economic predicament
>>151782
>If it's all true I'll be annoyed because it would mean even the Bernie option would have been corrupt
>people honestly think Bernie was a paragon of light and not another corrupt politician looking to make bank on the backs of witless commies
>>151798
Lol remember when a bird landed on his podium and bernouts pissed themselves on tumbler and Facebook
That's the kind of person who wanted Bernie, normie buttholes
>>151689
> Defendants hire lawyers when they area under investigation.
"HE'S GUILTY! Innocent people don't need no lawyer cause they don't go to court!" - trump supporter
>>151833
Nervous Bernie detected, good luck with your court case!
>>151835
I don't support that idiot. The first thing that happens when government starts paying tuition with tax payer money is the universities tripling their prices.
>>151836
>I don't support that idiot.
That is wonderful to see my friend!
>>151689
CBS News reporting on corruption from the left in itself is a miracle.
>>151809
>Crowd of teenagers mistakes small bird for 540 delegates
Truly hilarious stuff. Honestly it should be remembered that the GOP had a foot high stack of papers on the shit Bernie did throughout his life that would freak out every voter outside millenials.
>Never had a steady job
>Card carrying commie that honeymooned in Soviet Russia
>sound bite of "a 90% tax rate isnt too high"
>Two ex wives who left because he was a bum before going for mayor
>When a woman is having sex she is fantasizing about being raped by multiple men
>>151833
Nah man, I'm sure the russians hacked the banks and Sanders as to create FAKE CRIMES :^)
>>151851
If Trump has proven anything, it's that American voters don't give a shit about the dirt on their candidates anymore. Presidency in the digital age is a fucking meme. The most popular meme is the victor, and Bernie was a much more popular meme than Trump at the time.
>>151889
Pussytapes aside, what dirt did they have on Trump past some incredibly convenient allegations and "fraud" lawsuits over whether its legal to name his class on real estate Trump University? They have Bernie on a hot mic with "all men are violent rapists, but deep down all women want to be violently raped." What working american wants to vote for a guy thats cool with 90% tax rates? I had to put the qualifier millenial in there because there is a massive percent of voters over 30 that communism is a deal breaker and Bernie ticks too many boxes on it.
From the article it sounds like someone grasping at straws, but you never know. Ms. Sanders got a loan for something else and they want to know if Bernie used some of the money.
It also sounds like the investigation was launched over a year ago. Did they not just subpoena the financial records or is there more to it than that?
>>151851
Context is important, Anon.
>>151692
He's a Jew you should have known better
>>151833
The more salient points are that there are major discrepancies between Jane Sanders' signed statements in amounts pledged and amounts received by the college, to the tune of 1-2 million dollars.